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New System Paves Way Towards Transforming Greenhouse Gases into Industrial Fuels

Visualize a day when emissions spilling from heavy industry and power plants are trapped and conveyed into catalytic reactors that chemically convert greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), into chemicals or industrial fuels that release only oxygen.

9 Nov 2018

Warmer, Drier Climate Expected to Increase Disturbances in World’s Temperate Forests

A new study, co-authored by a Portland State University (PSU) professor, shows that a warmer, drier climate is anticipated to increase the possibility of larger-scale disturbances in forests, for example, wildfires, disease, drought, and insect outbreaks.

8 Nov 2018

New Plasma Generator Using Dielectric Barrier Discharge Technology Could Enable Better Use of Landfill Gas

Landfills release methane gas that has traditionally been the subject of intense interest for alternative energy.

7 Nov 2018

Importance of Less Intrusive Technologies to Harness Hydropower than Dams

Much of the developed world was built with the help of a renewable source of electricity—hydropower from dams. However, five researchers from Michigan State University (MSU) state that behind the roaring cascades is a legacy of overestimated value and underestimated costs.

7 Nov 2018

Study Explores Use of Geothermal Energy for Powering Desalination Plants

Certain regions of the world are affected worst by water shortages, and with rising global temperatures, many more areas may be experiencing drought conditions.

5 Nov 2018

A Cleaner Method for Recycling Rare Earths for Sustainable Technology

A set of 17 elements at the bottom of the periodic table is closely entwined with modern life. Most of these metals, referred to as rare earths (REs), are highly magnetic and are used in green power, computing, and other technologies.

5 Nov 2018

Replacing Gasoline with Alternative Fuels

Formerly unexploited organic waste can be transformed into biofuel using the technology developed by the scientists from the EU BIOGO project.

5 Nov 2018

MITOS Announces Winners of 2018 Campus Sustainability Incubator Fund Grants

Campus sustainability incubator grants provide funding for innovative projects that bring together faculty, staff, and students and use MIT as a test bed for innovation.

5 Nov 2018

Harnessing Power of Sustainable Energy by Putting Less Expensive Components into More Efficient Batteries

Producing energy can be inefficient, expensive, or toxic to the environment—or some unsuccessful combination of the three. Nonetheless, Jesse Hinricher reasons it doesn’t have to be.

2 Nov 2018

Rise of Robotic Solar Panel Cleaners as Solar Power Sets New Energy Generation Record

In a UK first, a Telford-based company has invested in robotic solar panel cleaning technology. Their investment has come at a time when renewable energy sources – including solar power – are providing almost a third of UK electricity generation.

By Kerry Taylor-Smith 2 Nov 2018

Bioenergy Coupled with Carbon Capture and Storage Could Reduce U.S. Coal Emissions

With the future consequences of rising global temperatures, the need for solutions has become progressively urgent. In parallel, a majority of people have voiced concerns regarding loss of jobs as coal-fired power plants and other current technologies are phased out.

2 Nov 2018

The Role of Black Carbon in Climate Change

Black carbon is formed during the incomplete combustion of carbon-based fuels: post-industrial surges in atmospheric black carbon have contributed massively to the warming of the Earth’s climate, but exactly how these tiny particles contribute to climate change is unclear.

By Kerry Taylor-Smith 2 Nov 2018

Study: Impact of Policy Measures Reduces with Delay in Cutting Mercury Emissions

Mercury is an incredibly stubborn toxin. Once it is emitted from the smokestacks of coal-fired power plants, among other sources, the gas can drift through the atmosphere for up to a year before settling into oceans and lakes. It can then accumulate in fish as toxic methylmercury, and eventually harm the people who consume the fish.

2 Nov 2018

Australian Success Story Wave Swell Energy, the World’s Leading Wave Energy Company, Gives Everyday Aussie Investors the Chance to Invest in the Future of Energy Technology

World leading wave energy tech disruptor Wave Swell Energy today opens up shares in its Australian renewables energy business on leading Equity Crowdfunding platform Equitise.

2 Nov 2018

Eco-Revolutionary Stirling Engine Converts Residual Gas into Electricity

With a groundbreaking Stirling engine from the Swedish environmental technology company Ripasso Energy, the largest "waste-to-energy" project of its kind ever implemented in Africa may be realised.

From Swedish Stirling AB 2 Nov 2018